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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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